{"id":484,"date":"2010-10-08T11:51:54","date_gmt":"2010-10-08T11:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simplyhelp.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=484"},"modified":"2024-11-21T05:48:06","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T05:48:06","slug":"cambodia-personal-stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/simplyhelp.org\/wordpress\/personal-stories-from-around-the-world\/cambodia-personal-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Cambodia: Personal Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simplyhelp.org\/wordpress\/images\/banner_personal_cambodia_01.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12276\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vocational Training: Cambodia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simplyhelp.org\/wordpress\/images\/personal_photo_sophat.jpg\" alt=\"this is a photograph of Sophat\" width=\"100\" height=\"120\"\/><strong>Sophat<\/strong><br>The current computer teacher, Sophat, is a young man from a rural area in Cambodia.&nbsp; Due to an accident in his early childhood, his right leg no longer functions, significantly reducing his job opportunities elsewhere.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sophat joined the SimplyHelp computer school in 2002 as a volunteer.&nbsp; His hard work and dedication to the computer school have allowed him to work at the school as a teacher since 2003, and he continues to be well loved by his students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a><\/a><a><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simplyhelp.org\/wordpress\/images\/personal_photo_sreyvon_chreng.jpg\" alt=\"this is a photograph of Sreyvon Chreng\" width=\"100\" height=\"120\"\/><strong>Sreyvon Chreng<\/strong><br>Sreyvon Chreng is a young girl who has benefited from training in tailoring. After her mother and father died from AIDS,&nbsp;the responsibility of caring for her&nbsp;three younger siblings fell upon her.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe SimplyHelp school didn\u2019t just give me a skill to make a living, they gave me life itself,&#8221; said Chreng. &#8220;I beg you to continue programs for vocational schools to help many other poor Cambodians that might face tragic events in life like I did.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a><\/a>Mom Phoeun<\/strong><br>Mom Phoeun, a boy living in a&nbsp;rural Cambodian village called Por, lost his father at a young age&nbsp;before his mother began to suffer from long-term health problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mom Phoeun&nbsp;said his mother\u2019s only source of income came from cow herding,&nbsp;which was not&nbsp;enough when it came time to pay&nbsp;her medical bills. Just as their poverty was becoming too severe for Mom Phoeun and his mother, SimplyHelp began its tailoring school in Por.&nbsp;Mom Phoeun&nbsp;attended SimplyHelp\u2019s tailoring school, learned&nbsp;his trade, and&nbsp;went on to run a successful tailoring shop from his home. He is able to distinguish himself from his competition through his specialization in fashionable young men\u2019s clothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mom Phoeun proudly proclaimed, \u201cAll the young men come to me because I know the latest modern fashion.\u201d With SimplyHelp\u2019s tailoring classes, Mom Phoeun has become self-sufficient and is able to provide for his mother\u2019s health expenses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>\n<!--p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simplyhelp.org\/wordpress\/images\/banner_personal_cambodia_01.png\" alt=\"Personal Success Stories From Cambodia\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simplyhelp.org\/wordpress\/images\/subheadings_projects_vocational_02_.png\" alt=\"\"><a name=\"computer\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p id=\"content_heading2\">Vocational Training: Cambodia<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p><a name=\"sophat\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left; padding: 5px 15px 5px 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simplyhelp.org\/wordpress\/images\/personal_photo_sophat.jpg\" alt=\"this is a photograph of Sophat\" width=\"100\" height=\"120\"\/><strong>Sophat<\/strong><br \/>The current computer teacher, Sophat, is a young man from a rural area in Cambodia.&nbsp; Due to an accident in his early childhood, his right leg no longer functions, significantly reducing his job opportunities elsewhere.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Sophat joined the SimplyHelp computer school in 2002 as a volunteer.&nbsp; His hard work and dedication to the computer school have allowed him to work at the school as a teacher since 2003, and he continues to be well loved by his students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p><a name=\"tailoring\"><\/a><a name=\"phoeun\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left; padding: 5px 15px 5px 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simplyhelp.org\/wordpress\/images\/personal_photo_sreyvon_chreng.jpg\" alt=\"this is a photograph of Sreyvon Chreng\" width=\"100\" height=\"120\"\/><strong>Sreyvon Chreng<\/strong><br \/>Sreyvon Chreng is a young girl who has benefited from training in tailoring. After her mother and father died from AIDS,&nbsp;the responsibility of caring for her&nbsp;three younger siblings fell upon her.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe SimplyHelp school didn\u2019t just give me a skill to make a living, they gave me life itself,\" said Chreng. \"I beg you to continue programs for vocational schools to help many other poor Cambodians that might face tragic events in life like I did.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a name=\"chreng\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left; padding: 5px 15px 5px 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simplyhelp.org\/wordpress\/images\/personal_photo_mom_phoeun.jpg\" alt=\"this is a photograph of Mom Phoeun\" width=\"100\" height=\"120\"\/>Mom Phoeun<\/strong><br \/>Mom Phoeun, a boy living in a&nbsp;rural Cambodian village called Por, lost his father at a young age&nbsp;before his mother began to suffer from long-term health problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Mom Phoeun&nbsp;said his mother\u2019s only source of income came from cow herding,&nbsp;which was not&nbsp;enough when it came time to pay&nbsp;her medical bills. 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